Kompaniya Neftekhim LTD LLP (full Kazakh legal name: ТОО «Компания Нефтехим LTD») is a private Kazakhstani petrochemical manufacturer incorporated as a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP / ТОО) under Kazakhstani law. The company was funded at inception with $12 million provided by its main construction contractor, Xinjiang Sanbao (China), reflecting a Chinese private investment structure at the origin of the project.
It was established in 2005 specifically for the construction and operation of an LPG processing plant within the territory of the Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery complex, producing import-substituting petrochemical products for the Kazakhstani and regional markets. The plant was commissioned in 2009, making it Kazakhstan's first privately owned, commercially operating petrochemical plant. It is entirely distinct from Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery LLP (PNHZ), operating as an independent legal entity on the PNHZ site under a feedstock supply relationship with the refinery.
Business Activity and Industrial Position
Neftekhim LTD operates a fully integrated downstream petrochemical production cycle at its Pavlodar site:
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Feedstock sourcing: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG — propane-butane fraction) supplied by PNHZ under a commercial off-take arrangement
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Processing: LPG is processed on-site through PDH (propane dehydrogenation) and polymerisation units to produce propylene and polypropylene, and through an isobutylene synthesis unit to produce MTBE
The company describes itself as having implemented production facilities in partnership with companies from China, Austria, Germany, and Russia, indicating a multi-national technology sourcing strategy across its four production divisions.
As of 2024–2025, Neftekhim LTD is one of four active petrochemical producers in Kazakhstan listed by the Ministry of Energy (alongside KPI Inc., Shymkent Chemical Company LLP, and ANPZ) that collectively produced 540,000 tonnes of petrochemical output in 2024.
Product Slate and Capacities
Neftekhim LTD produces six distinct product lines:
| Product |
Annual Capacity |
Notes |
| MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) |
20,000 t/y |
High-octane gasoline additive; supplied back to POCR for Euro-standard blending |
| Polypropylene (granulated / pelletised) |
70,000 t/y |
Expanded from initial 30,000 t/y (2009) and 45,000 t/y (2011); granulation unit added post-2011 |
| Epoxy resin compound |
10,000 t/y |
Launched 2023; first and only epoxy compound producer in Kazakhstan |
| Woven polypropylene bags |
50 million units/y |
Standard pillow-type sewn bags and block-bottom valve bags (AdStar technology) |
| FIBC / Big Bags (МКР) |
Commercial scale |
Flexible intermediate bulk containers |
| Recycled polypropylene |
Commercial scale |
Post-industrial PP recyclate |
Total petrochemical output (PP + MTBE) exceeds 170,000 tonnes/year.
Export Markets
Neftekhim LTD is explicitly export-oriented, with product exports to:
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Kazakhstan (domestic market)
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Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (Central Asian markets)
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Russia
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Turkey, China, Western Europe (secondary export markets)
Strategic Significance
Neftekhim LTD occupies a distinctive position in Kazakhstan's petrochemical landscape as a privately financed, Chinese-funded first mover that predated the major state-led projects (KPI Inc. polypropylene plant, Atyrau complex). Its co-location within the POCR site — using POCR's LPG output as feedstock and returning MTBE to POCR as a blending component — represents a symbiotic industrial integration model that Kazakhstan's government has since sought to replicate at a much larger scale at Atyrau.
The company's 2025 expansion consideration — nonwoven fabric production — would represent a further downstream step in the polypropylene value chain, from polymer resin into technical textiles.
